--- ircservices-5.1.12/configure	2008-09-22 17:35:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ircservices-5.1.12.orig/configure	2008-09-22 17:33:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1296,9 +1296,9 @@
             fi
             if [ "$OK" ] ; then
                 if [ "x`uname -s`" = "xOSF1" ] ; then
-                    CC_SHARED="$CC -shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved"
+                    CC_SHARED="$CC -shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved -fPIC"
                 else
-                    CC_SHARED="$CC -shared"
+                    CC_SHARED="$CC -shared -fPIC"
                 fi
                 if run $CC_SHARED $CC_FLAGS $CC_LIBS $CONFTMP/test-lib.c -o $CONFTMP/test-lib.so && run $CC_SHARED $CC_FLAGS $CC_LIBS $CONFTMP/test-lib2.c -o $CONFTMP/test-lib2.so ; then
                     log "-shared works"